Age at cancer diagnosis, amenability to medical interventions, and racial/ethnic disparities in cancer mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Racial disparities in cancer mortality may be greater for cancers that are amenable to available early detection and treatment (amenability level). We investigated whether these patterns vary by age at cancer diagnosis.

Methods

Using 5-year relative survival rates (5Y-RSR), we classified 51 cancer sites into least amenable, partly amenable, and mostly amenable cancers (<40%, 40-69%, ≥70% 5-YRS, respectively). We examined whether racial disparities in mortality rates (African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, whites), as estimated through Cox regression models, were modified by age at diagnosis and amenability level in 516,939 cancer cases diagnosed in 1995-1999.

Results

As compared with whites, all racial minority groups experienced higher cancer

SUBMITTER: Tehranifar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5401630 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature